Gloria Rubac(2020-10-10). Amid claims of racism, another federal execution set.workers.org The federal government has just set its eighth execution for 2020. U.S. Attorney General William Barr directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to schedule the execution of Orlando Cordia Hall for Nov. 19 in Tennessee. If carried out, this would place federal executions ahead of those by the states for . . . |
MEE and agencies(2020-10-10). Iran's rial hits new low against dollar as economy stumbles.middleeasteye.net Iran's rial hits new low against dollar as economy stumbles | Latest US-imposed sanctions on Iran's financial sector are another blow to the country's economy | Sat, 10/10/2020 – 11: 46 | Iranians gather inside the capital Tehran's Grand Bazaar in March 2020, as the Covid pandemic was starting to make an impact on the country (AFP) | The Iranian currency hit a new low against the US dollar…
Eds.(2020-10-10). Marxism and intersectionality.mronline.org Ashley Bohrer has provided this important piece of scholarship with her new book, Marxism and Intersectionality: Race, Gender, Class and Sexuality under Contemporary Capitalism.
news.un(2020-10-10). COVID-19 sparks increased demand for mental health services: UNFPA.news.un.orgWhile the global impact of the COVID-19 pandemic has been staggering, the full impact on health has been far greater, according to the UN Population Fund (UNFPA). The agency said fear, isolation, grief, economic stress and shuttered support services have taken a toll on the mental well-being of people around the world.
Radha Surya(2020-10-10). This Tyrant Feeds Peacocks.zcomm.orgIndia is burning. In the months from March to May the news and social media were flooded with heart rending stories and images of the trauma of out-of state workers who lost their livelihood overnight when the coronavirus lock down was imposed without adequate notice. With all modes of transportation brought to a halt they
Rev. Dr. William J. Barber II(2020-10-10). Republicans Know They Can't Win If Everyone Casts a Ballot.zcomm.orgThe Republican Party's voter suppression efforts ahead of the November election, aimed primarily at Black and Brown voters, amount to "surgical racism with surgical precision."
Hendrik Stroeck(2020-10-10). More pragmatism in dealing with Corona.indybay.orgPragmatic approaches are needed to find solutions to allow life without breaks. Scientists must make their contribution. It is more important than ever that we are not only stubbornly clinging to concepts, but that we are prepared to break new ground. Also new ways of communication. A Corona traffic light would make both possible as a first step.
Labor Video Project(2020-10-10). Striking AHS SEIU 1021 & CNA Workers Hear Alameda Supervisors Promise To Fire AHS Bosses.indybay.orgHundreds of striking SEIU 1021 & CNA AHS workers rallied at the Alameda County Building to protest the union busting tactics of this group that runs the Alameda public health system. Two County supervisors promised to remove them from running the public healthcare system…
Alice Blukacz, Baltica Cabieses(2020-10-10). [Correspondence] COVID-19: leaving no one behind in Latin America.thelancet.comThe pledge to leave no one behind has been essential in making the plight of refugees more visible1 and in highlighting the need to include migrants and refugees in national health-care systems.
RT(2020-10-10). Pelosi & husband invest up to $1 million in CrowdStrike, tech firm that launched Russiagate — report.rt.com Newly-filed financial disclosures show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband have invested up to $1 million in CrowdStrike, American cybersecurity technology company and the originator of 'Russian hacking' claims. | Financial disclosures New from me: Financial disclosure forms show that Nancy and P…
RT(2020-10-10). Nearly 500,000 power outages reported across Texas & Louisiana as Hurricane Delta pummels gulf coast with 80mph gusts.rt.com Nearly a half-million residents in Texas and Louisiana have been left without power after Hurricane Delta made landfall along the US gulf coast, battering cities with winds up to 80 miles per hour. | Delta hit land in southwest Louisiana on Friday night, inflicting widespread damage and knocking out electricity for some 379,636 people in the state and another 108,402 in neighboring Texas, Footage circulating on social media showed powerful gust…
Joe Glenton(2020-10-10). What ex-BBC Allegra Stratton's new job proves about the ruling class.thecanary.co The establishment revolving door is turning again. This time it's former BBC and ITV journalist Allegra Stratton who is benefitting. Stratton, as has been Stratton's appointment as press secretary to arguably the most right-wing government in my lifetime (I'm a child of Thatcher, by the way) captures some bleak truths about Britain today. Not least is Stratton's demonstrable contempt for working-class people. Although that does make her an ideal fit for her job as a Tory spokesperson.
Daniele Piovani, Stefanos Bonovas(2020-10-10). [Correspondence] Study of critically ill patients with COVID-19 in New York City.thelancet.comCummings and colleagues1 reported the epidemiology, clinical course, and outcomes of 257 critically ill adults with laboratory-confirmed COVID-19 admitted to two hospitals in New York City. The primary outcome was the rate of in-hospital death, and each patient had at least 28 days of observation. The authors report that, as of April 28, 2020, 101 (39%) of 257 patients had died, 94 (37%) remained hospitalised, four (2%) were transferred to another hospital, and 58 (23%) were discharged alive. Surprisingly, the authors show in figure 1 of their Article1 a cumulative incidence of in-hospital death of approximately…
Alexandre E Malek, Issam I Raad, Elias Jabbour(2020-10-10). [Correspondence] Cancer and COVID-19.thelancet.comNicole Kuderer and colleagues1 identified several independent prognostic factors to be conferring an increased risk of 30-day all-cause mortality: increased age, male sex, being a former smoker, multiple medical comorbidities, high Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group performance status score (‚â•2), and an active cancer. However, haematological malignancies, instead of increasing 30-day all-cause mor ≠tality, were associated with severe clinical outcomes, intensive care unit admissions, and meeting composite severe illness endpoints.
Ràºdiger Groàü, Carina Conzelmann, Janis A Màºller, Frank Reister, Frank Kirchhoff, Jan Màºnch(2020-10-10). [Correspondence] Undermining breastfeeding will not alleviate the COVID-19 pandemic — Authors' reply.thelancet.comIn the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic, questions regarding possible methods of virus transmission, including the safety of breastfeeding by mothers who are infected, are of great importance. We reported1 the detection of severe acute respiratory syndrome coronavirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) RNA (not viral particles, as incorrectly stated by Natalie Shenker and colleagues) in consecutive milk samples from an infected mother and interpreted our findings with the greatest caution. In particular, we did not claim that SARS-CoV-2 is transmitted via contaminated breastmilk or that breastfeeding should be discontinued by mothers with…
Scott M. Alter, Dennis G. Maki, Suzanne LeBlang, Richard D. Shih, Charles H. Hennekens(2020-10-10). [Commentary] The menacing assaults on science, FDA, CDC, and health of the US public.thelancet.comWhile health authorities sounded early warnings concerning COVID-19 [1], the United States (US) government practised "pandemic politics" and escalated menacing assaults on science, including repeated denials of epidemic principles of mitigation and containment. The first on December 31, 2019 was that the virus would not enter the US. A second on January 20, 2020 following introduction of the first US case from Wuhan, China was that "the virus would not spread." A third on February 26 was that the 15 cases would "go away" when temperatures climbed [2].
Nicole M Kuderer, Elizabeth Wulff-Burchfield, Samuel M Rubinstein, Petros Grivas, Jeremy L Warner(2020-10-10). [Correspondence] Cancer and COVID-19 — Authors' reply.thelancet.comWe thank Dimitrios Moris and col ≠leagues and Alexandre Malek and colleagues for their insightful commentary about the CCC19 study findings.1 We value the opportunity to further characterise mortality outcomes beyond our initial report.1…
Jessica P Cerdeña, Marie V Plaisime, Jennifer Tsai(2020-10-10). [Viewpoint] From race-based to race-conscious medicine: how anti-racist uprisings call us to act.thelancet.comThe brutalisation of Jacob Blake and murders of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, Ahmaud Arbery, Tony McDade, and countless others—coupled with horrifying statistics about the disproportionate burden of COVID-19 on Black and Brown communities—have forced the USA and the world to reckon with how structural racism conditions survival. Although clinicians often imagine themselves as beneficent caregivers, it is increasingly clear that medicine is not a stand-alone institution immune to racial inequities, but rather is an institution of structural racism.
Richard Lane(2020-10-10). [Perspectives] Barbara Stoll: China Medical Board's charismatic new President.thelancet.com"Taking on a new adventure" is how Barbara Stoll views her recent appointment as President of the China Medical Board (CMB), a US-based philanthropic foundation for health development in China and southeast Asia. "I'm incredibly lucky to be given this opportunity, and will try my best to fill the large shoes of outgoing CMB President Lincoln Chen, who has done an extraordinary job over the past 14 years, building partnerships and extending CMB's reach", she says. It was Chen who helped open Stoll's eyes to the wider world of global health, encouraging her to pursue research opportunities in Bangladesh early in he…
The Lancet(2020-10-10). [Editorial] Mental health: time to invest in quality.thelancet.comThe theme of this year's World Mental Health Day, on Oct 10, is increased investment in mental health. Why invest, and why now? The answer is simple. At the best of times, good mental health is needed for a society to thrive. During a pandemic, good mental health is more important than ever. Without a focus on mental health, any response to COVID-19 will be deficient, reducing individual and societal resilience, and impeding social, economic, and cultural recovery.
Brian Callender, Shirlene Obuobi, M K Czerwiec, Ian Williams(2020-10-10). [Perspectives] COVID-19, comics, and the visual culture of contagion.thelancet.comThe COVID-19 pandemic is inescapable. From curtailing our daily social and professional interactions, locking down or physically distancing our communities, and drawing our anxious attention to daily updates of international case and death statistics, the lived experience of the pandemic is at once personal, local, and global. It is also a shared experience that emphasises, through the pandemic's pervasive disruption, the social interactions and behaviours that define our shared world. One cultural response to the disruption and uncertainty during an infectious disease outbreak is the construction of what Priscil…
Natalie S Shenker, Aleksandra Wesolowska, Johannes B van Goudoever, Sushma Nangia, Daniel Klotz(2020-10-10). [Correspondence] Undermining breastfeeding will not alleviate the COVID-19 pandemic.thelancet.comBreastfeeding offers numerous immunological, developmental, and psychological advantages to the infant—mother dyad. The risks posed to infant and maternal health through any loss of support for breastfeeding mean that public health messaging during the COVID-19 pandemic should be careful. As academic leads of human milk banks, we are acutely aware of the importance of understanding the risks posed by novel infectious pathogens in human milk and the mitigation of risk to susceptible infants.
Richard Horton(2020-10-10). [Comment] Offline: Reasons for hope.thelancet.comFatigue. Despair. Misery. Cracks are beginning to appear in our mental resilience. 10 months of this calamity. How much more can we bear? It was always so. When the Bishop of Winchester died of plague in 1626, John Milton issued a searing cry of anguish in his Elegia Tertia. The great poet was just 17 years old, "sad…with no companion, and many sorrows clung to my soul". He sought to commemorate this "grim killing" of a revered literary figure, a "dreadful death, fearsome with her sepulchral torch".
Mehr News Agency(2020-10-10). US sanctions not to affect Iran-Swiss financial channel.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) — Chaiman of Iran-Switzerland Chamber of Commerce noted, "New sanctions of the US on 18 Iranian banks will not affect the Iran-Switzerland financial channel in terms of importing of cereals and pharmaceuticals."
Mehr News Agency(2020-10-10). Rouhani, Putin discuss Nagorno-Karabakh over phone.en.mehrnews.comTEHRAN, Oct. 10 (MNA) — Iranian President Hassan Rouhani and his Russian counterpart Vladimir Putin held a phone conversation on Saturday discussing the latest developments in the Nagorno-Karabakh region.
Graham Peebles(2020-10-10). Anxiety Mindfulness and the Natural Unity of Life.dissidentvoice.orgDepression and anxiety are commonplace in contemporary societies, part of everyday life; celebrities and public figures, British Royalty even, talk openly about their struggles with conditions that were hidden and dismissed just a few years ago. Most of us either suffer from one of these debilitating diseases or know someone who does; for huge numbers …
A Guest Author(2020-10-10). Janetta Johnson: Fierce advocate for Black trans people in prisons.workers.org By Janetta Louise Johnson The following is an edited version of a talk given by Janetta Louise Johnson during the Sept. 24 webinar "Women & Gender Oppressed Prisoners; Survival & Resistance." Johnson, a formerly incarcerated Black transgender woman, is the Executive Director at Transgender, Gender-Variant, and Intersex Justice Project. She . . . |
Emma Roller(2020-10-10). How Wisconsin Became a Bastion of White Supremacy.zcomm.orgIf Democrats want to win Wisconsin this fall—a big "if" still, according to Democrats on the ground—they will have to face down the ugly, and still largely unacknowledged, legacy of white supremacy in America's Dairyland…
Pamela Das, Mandip Aujla, GRacE(2020-10-10). [Comment] Racial and ethnic equality—time for concrete action.thelancet.comRacial and ethnic injustice is a burning issue of our time. This year, the appalling police killings of George Floyd, Breonna Taylor, and other Black men and women in the USA and worldwide were met with global condemnation. The groundswell of emotion and anger among the Lancet Group staff prompted self-reflection and brought our own work and environment into sharp focus. Elsevier, our publisher, has expressed its continued commitment to ensure a culture and practice of equity, diversity, and inclusion and announced a formal pledge to eliminate systemic racism in health and research.
thelancet(2020-10-10). [Department of Error] Department of Error.thelancet.comShahar-Nissan K, Pardo J, Peled O, et al. Valaciclovir to prevent vertical transmission of cytomegalovirus after maternal primary infection during pregnancy: a randomised, double-blind, placebo-controlled trial. Lancet 2020; 396: 779—85—In this Article, the eighth sentence of the final paragraph of the Results section should read "Overall, participants in the valaciclovir group had a lower odds of any cytomegalovirus- ≠related morbidity compared with the placebo group (OR 0 ∑38, 95% CI 0 ∑09—1 ∑56)." This correction has been made to the online version as of Oct 8, 2020.
yenisafak(2020-10-10). Armenia attacks liberated Azerbaijani settlement.yenisafak.comArmenia's army on Saturday carried out missile attacks on the Hadrut settlement north of Ceyrayil city, which was liberated by Azerbaijan, according to Azarbaijani Defense Ministry.A statement by the ministry said the missiles were launched from Azerbaijan's Khojaly town, which was occupied by Armenian forces.The statement also noted that the Azerbaijani army took necessary steps against the Armenian armed forces.Azerbaijan and Armenia early Saturday had agreed to a cease-fire on humanitarian grounds beginning Saturday at 0800GMT to allow exchange of prisoners and retrieval of bodies in Nagorno-Karabakh.Fighting…
yenisafak(2020-10-10). Armenia violating cease-fire: Azerbaijan.yenisafak.com"Despite the agreement to declare a ceasefire at 12 pm [local time], the Armenian army attempted to attack in the Aghdere-Terter and Fizuli-Jabrayil directions," the ministry said in a statement."At the same time, a number of our human settlements are under artillery fire from the armed forces of Armenia."It said the Azerbaijani military had "successfully suppressed" all attempted attacks."Adequate retaliatory measures are being taken against the Armenian army," the Defense Ministry asserted.A separate statement said the Armenian army was also shelling Azerbaijan's Agdam and Tartar regions.A humanitarian cease-fi…
yenisafak(2020-10-10). Cease-fire comes into force in Nagorno-Karabakh.yenisafak.comA cease-fire agreed between Azerbaijan and Armenia for the exchange of prisoners and retrieval of bodies in Nagorno-Karabakh came into force at 12 p.m. local time (0800GMT) on Saturday.It came after a trilateral meeting took place on Friday in Moscow among Russian Foreign Minister Sergey Lavrov, Azerbaijani Foreign Minister Jeyhun Bayramov, and Armenian Foreign Minister Zohrab Mnatsakanyan.No information was given for the duration of the cease-fire made on humanitarian grounds.The Red Cross will act as an intermediary during the humanitarian operation.Fighting began on Sept. 27, when Armenian forces targeted civ…
yenisafak(2020-10-10). Top Turkish, Azerbaijani diplomats talk over phone.yenisafak.comTurkey's foreign minister and his Azerbaijani counterpart over the phone discussed a trilateral meeting among Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia on Saturday, according to Turkish diplomatic sources.Mevlut Cavusoglu and Jeyhun Bayramov discussed the trilateral meeting held among foreign ministers of Russia, Azerbaijan, and Armenia in Moscow on Friday, said the sources, who asked not to be named due to restrictions on speaking to the media.Cavusoglu conveyed Turkey's support to his counterpart on Azerbaijan's decisions in the trilateral meeting.Russian President Vladimir Putin invited foreign ministers of Azerbaijan…
yenisafak(2020-10-10). Turkey: Over 221 pounds of marijuana seized.yenisafak.comTurkish police seized 100.5 kilograms (221.5 pounds) of marijuana in an anti-narcotics operation in Turkey's southeastern Gaziantep province, according to a statement by the provincial security directorate on Saturday.Acting on a tip, an anti-narcotics police team stopped and searched a fuel truck on a highway in Gaziantep, the statement said.Police search assisted with a sniffer dog revealed the smuggled drug in the truck.Also, one suspect was arrested in the operation.
yenisafak(2020-10-10). Chinese app allows small glimpse beyond 'Great Firewall'.yenisafak.comAn app launched this week in China allows access to some content on Western social media sites long banned domestically such as YouTube, marking the first product by a major Chinese tech firm that helps internet users bypass the Great Firewall.Tuber was launched on third-party Android stores in China by a subsidiary of Qihoo 360, the biggest Chinese cybersecurity firm. The app, which has since seen millions of downloads, is not available on the Apple store just yet.While such proxy apps are not new in China, where a virtual private network (VPN) service is typically needed to allow domestic users passage to sites…
yenisafak(2020-10-10). Assad regime attacks kill infant in.yenisafak.comA girl, 2, was killed when Assad regime forces and foreign terrorist groups supported by Iran, attacked several villages with rockets and mortar bombs in this northwestern province, White Helmets civil defense sources said Friday.The attacks violated a March 5 cease-fire agreement between Turkey and Russia to de-escalate disputes.The area, lying along Turkey's southern border, has been the subject of multiple cease-fire violations by the regime and its allies.An influx of displaced civilians has increased the area's population to about 4 million in recent years.Syria has been locked in a vicious civil war since…
yenisafak(2020-10-10). Azerbaijan, Armenia truce cannot replace lasting solution: Turkey.yenisafak.comTurkey on Saturday hailed the Azerbaijan-Armenia humanitarian cease-fire as an "important first step" but stressed that such measures "cannot replace a lasting solution."In a statement, the Turkish Foreign Ministry also reaffirmed Ankara's unwavering support for Azerbaijan "on the ground and at the [negotiation] table.""The ceasefire which was declared on humanitarian grounds for the exchange of prisoners of war and bodies, is an important first step, but cannot replace a lasting solution," read the statement."Since the beginning, Turkey has always underlined that it would only support those solutions which were…
yenisafak(2020-10-10). Russia reports new all-time record of daily coronavirus cases.yenisafak.comRussia's coronavirus cases rose by 12,846 on Saturday, a new daily record since the start of the outbreak early this year, pushing the overall total number of infections to 1,285,084.The previous record of 12,126 new cases was registered on Friday.Russia's coronavirus crisis center said 197 more deaths were confirmed in the last 24 hours, bringing the official death toll to 22,454.
yenisafak(2020-10-10). US COVID-19 cases hit two-month high, 10 states report record increases.yenisafak.comNew cases of COVID-19 in the United States hit a two-month high on Friday with over 58,000 infections of the new coronavirus reported and hospitalizations in the Midwest at record levels for a fifth day in a row, according to a Reuters analysis.Ten of the 50 states reported record one-day rises in cases on Friday, including the Midwestern states of Indiana, Minnesota, Missouri and Ohio. Wisconsin and Illinois recorded over 3,000 new cases for a second day in a row – a two-day trend not seen even during the height of the previous outbreak in the spring, according to Reuters data.The Western states of Montana, New…
Andrew Korybko(2020-10-09). Armenia and Russia Are Sending Each Other Strong Signals Through the CSTO.globalresearch.caOneWorld is publishing the original English-language version of Andrew Korybko's analysis on the titular topic that was first released in Russian at the Moscow-Baku information portal. | *** | Armenia's decision to skip next week's CSTO drills in Belarus and the bloc's …
Peoples Dispatch(2020-10-09). "For Che, the revolution was intrinsically international"peoplesdispatch.orgMarxist intellectual Aijaz Ahmad talks to Vijay Prashad of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research about Che Guevara, the iconic revolutionary. He talks about his internationalism and his role as an emissary of the revolution across the world. Professor Ahmad also reflects on Che's idea of what a revolution does, and his pursuit of a society which overcomes the distortions capitalism introduces to human nature. | On October 9, 2020, the anniversary of Che Guevara's assassination, nearly 20 publishers across the world are releasing a free e-book with two of Che's iconic works, Socialism and Man in Cuba (1965…
Eve Ottenberg(2020-10-09). Fascism's Twisted Take on Climate Change.counterpunch.org The climate catastrophe has caught fascism's evil eye. First it spawned eco-fascism, a creed founded on lies about immigrants and population control. More people migrating to first world countries, eco-fascists say, means more people with outsized carbon footprints. Better for those immigrants to stay home, having less climate impact, than coming here to indulge in
Staff(2020-10-09). Breaking: Another cop charged with assault, another example of a broken system.therealnews.com The latest charges against a Baltimore police officer for assault and misconduct highlight the inability of police to police themselves. And we analyze the exceptional privileges afforded to officers by a special set of laws: the Law Enforcement Officers' Bill Of Rights.
Vijay Prashad — John Ross(2020-10-09). Why America's Economic War on China is Failing.counterpunch.org After Trump announced the tariffs against a wide range of Chinese imports, the Chinese government formally took up the matter through the WTO's dispute mechanism. After considerable study, the WTO came back with a verdict. On September 15, 2020, a three-person WTO panel found that the U.S. had violated the provisions of the 1994 General Agreement on Tariffs and Trade (GATT), the treaty that established the WTO. This was a serious defeat for the United States.
Daniel Beaumont(2020-10-09). The Most Important Patient In The World.counterpunch.org So he was dubbed by many commentators on TV and the Internet. Finally a large number of independent thinkers agreed with something the patient has long known. He is the most important something in the world. The vortex we've lived in since—was it January or February?—that downward spiral grew and accelerated last Thursday. The pace
MEE staff(2020-10-09). World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize.middleeasteye.net World Food Programme wins Nobel Peace Prize | UN body given award for its efforts in combating hunger globally | Fri, 10/09/2020 – 10: 04 | A child suffering from severe malnutrition is measured at a WFP treatment centre in the Yemeni capital Sanaa (AFP) | The World Food Programme has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for efforts in fighting to end world hunger. | The WFP, a United Nations agency, has be…
Shatha Hammad(2020-10-09). Israel's school demolition order leaves Palestinian children in limbo.middleeasteye.net Israel's school demolition order leaves Palestinian children in limbo | The EU-supported project in Ramallah has seen daily intimidation by settlers and serves 50 students | Fri, 10/09/2020 – 10: 03 | Palestinian children from the primary school in Ras al-Tin, eastern Ramallah, that is facing demolition (Shatha Hammad) | An Israeli court rejected on Thursday an appeal against the demolition of an E…
Becky Grant(2020-10-09). It's a Sink or Swim Year for CounterPunch.counterpunch.org CounterPunch was born as a tiny, hand-copied and folded newsletter. Fast forward from those humble beginnings, when Alexander Cockburn and Ken Silverstein were at the helm, to now and you'll see the incredible evolution of CounterPunch. Our shiny, brand new website is not an excessive luxury. It's a necessity to keep up with the frenetic pace of the ever-changing digital realm, so we can continue to disseminate CounterPunch to as many people as possible.
Rob Urie(2020-10-09). Power and Class in the 21st Century.counterpunch.org The preeminence of capitalism, with various agglomerations of economically captured states, nominally private institutions such as corporations, and so-called markets, represents fundamentally different form and function of Western societies than existed only a few short decades ago. The singular nature of this organization, along with the sense that it represents a relatively fixed and external
Alex MacDonald(2020-10-09). Turkish prosecutors seek 'aggravated' life sentence for philanthropist Osman Kavala.middleeasteye.net Turkish prosecutors seek 'aggravated' life sentence for philanthropist Osman Kavala | New indictment also targets American academic Henri Barkey as conspirator in 2016 coup attempt | Fri, 10/09/2020 – 07: 30 | A journalist stands in front of a poster featuring jailed businessman and philanthropist Osman Kavala during a press conference of his lawyers (AFP) | Turkish prosecutors are seeking an "a…
James McFadden(2020-10-09). Did Someone at Deutsche Bank Leak Trump's Tax Returns?counterpunch.org With the initial brouhaha surrounding the leak of Trump's tax returns fading, including finger pointing at the IRS and talk of criminal charges, has anyone stopped to consider whether someone other than the IRS leaked the documents? There seems to be two criteria to consider in identifying the leaker. First, who had "access" to Trump's
Evo Morales(2020-10-09). We're Still Fighting the Multinationals Who Drove the Coup.zcomm.orgThe period since the military coup in November has been marked by repression, massacres of dozens of trade unionists and indigenous activists, and attempts to ban MAS from standing in the presidential election…
_____(2020-10-09). Amazon Expects Employees To Operate Like Fast-Moving Machines.popularresistance.orgFor Sean Carlisle (a pseu ≠do ≠nym) a 32-year-old grad ≠u ≠ate stu ≠dent and native of California's Inland Empire, the last three years at his local Ama ≠zon ful ≠fill ≠ment cen ≠ter have been an edu ≠ca ≠tion. As a stu ≠dent of urban plan ≠ning, he stud ≠ies how built envi ≠ron ≠ments shape a community's behav ≠ior. As a pick ≠er, he packs items at a break ≠neck pace amid stacks of inven ≠to ≠ry and snaking con ≠vey ≠or belts while del ≠i ≠cate ≠ly prac ≠tic ≠ing strate ≠gies to raise his cowork ≠ers' polit ≠i ≠cal co…
_____(2020-10-09). Trump Administration Imposes Crushing New Sanctions On Iran.popularresistance.orgThe Trump administration on Thursday imposed a new, crushing round of sanctions that virtually blacklists Iran's entire financial sector – raising concerns it will cut off the country's ability to import humanitarian goods like food and medicine. | Treasury Secretary Steven T. Mnuchin said in a statement that the sanctions, which target 18 banks and penalize foreign institutions that do business with them, are part of efforts to cut down on "illicit access to U.S. dollars" and won't stifle humanitarian efforts.
Staff(2020-10-09). FBI Foils Right-Wing Plot to Kidnap Michigan Gov. Months After Trump Urged "Liberation" of State.18.224.45.15 Just months after President Trump tweeted for his supporters to "LIBERATE MICHIGAN!" the FBI has foiled an alleged plot to kidnap and take hostage Democratic Governor of Michigan Gretchen Whitmer. Authorities arrested six men Thursday involved in the kidnapping plot, and seven others who were said to be planning to storm the state Capitol in Lansing with the intent of starting a civil war. "It came as a surprise to many, but not necessarily here in Michigan, because the state has a long history of militia and white nationalist ties," says Russ McNamara, a reporter at WDET, Detroit's NPR affiliate. We also speak w…
Staff(2020-10-09). U.N. World Food Programme Wins Nobel Peace Prize for Tackling Hunger Amid War, Pandemic & Climate Crisis.18.224.45.15 As the World Food Programme wins the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize for its efforts to combat hunger around the world, we speak with Vijay Prashad, director of Tricontinental: Institute for Social Research, who says the United Nations body is doing vital work around the world. "I couldn't be happier that the World Food Programme won the Nobel Prize for peace, because this hunger pandemic is paralyzing perhaps 2.7 billion people," he says.
Jeffrey St. Clair(2020-10-09). Roaming Charges: A Fly in the Anointment.counterpunch.org A return to normalcy, you say? Normalcy brought us the Iraq War, torture, assassination by drone, 607 billionaires & 600k homeless, the gutting of welfare, warrantless wiretaps, militarized police, the war on drugs, globalized fracking, the destruction of the Gulf of Mexico & an atmospheric C02 level of 411.08 ppm and rising. Screw normalcy.
Jonathan Cook(2020-10-09). George Monbiot's Excuses for Not Speaking Out Loudly in Defense of Assange Simply Won't Wash.counterpunch.org Faced with a barrage of criticism from some of his followers, George Monbiot, the Guardian's supposedly fearless, leftwing columnist, offered up two extraordinarily feeble excuses this week for failing to provide more than cursory support for Julian Assange over the past month, as the Wikileaks founder has endured extradition hearings in a London courtroom. The
Lawrence Ware — Chanda Prescod-Weinstein(2020-10-09). Debatable: Can Kamala Harris Tell Us Anything About the Politics of Ava DuVernay?counterpunch.org I can't believe that it was just last year that Ava DuVernay's "When They See Us" was the thing that Black folks were watching and discussing on social media. We laughed, we cried, we felt righteous indignation at the way those young men were treated, and immeasurable gratitude for the filmmaker who put their stories
Brian Cloughley(2020-10-09). Britain is on the Skids, Economically and Morally.counterpunch.org Countless millions in Britain are suffering economically and/or medically from the effects of the government's erratic whack-a-mole approach to the Covid-19 crisis. On the other hand, criminal gangs and some very rich citizens have prospered greatly from the effects of the pandemic, and morally it is difficult to draw a line between these elements of the
Anthony DiMaggio(2020-10-09). The Case Against Social Media: Mass Misinformation in the Covid-19 Era.counterpunch.org Americans are now witnessing a new era of conspiracy mongering and fake news via the rise of the fringe "QAnon" movement, among a plethora of paranoid claims that Covid-19 is an elite-fueled hoax and that it was secretly created by powerful people working in the shadows.
John Feffer(2020-10-09). Nukes and North Korea: a New Direction.counterpunch.org North Korea's acquisition of nuclear weapons has changed the nuclear balance in Northeast Asia. But it hasn't altered the way politicians and diplomats approach the question of arms control and disarmament in the region. The debate among influencers continues to revolve around two versions of "more of the same." Containment advocates argue that North Korea
Bruce Lerro(2020-10-09). "Totalitarian" Anti-Communism: Loaded Language Straight Out of CIA, Neo-Con Playbook.dissidentvoice.org ORIENTATION Forms of language manipulation As most of us know, verbal language is both a tool and a weapon. Verbal language allows our species to talk about the past and the future. It allows us to label mental and physical illnesses and provides us with diagnosis and prognosis. It allows us to communicate more precisely …
Ramzy Baroud(2020-10-09). Black Lives Should Always Matter: Delinking Social Justice from Seasonal US Politics.counterpunch.org After viewing the first US Presidential debate on September 29, one is left with no doubt about the degenerating political discourse among America's ruling elites. Following the debate between US President, Donald Trump, and Democratic Presidential nominee, Joe Biden, most analyses focused mainly on the personal insults and name-calling, which, deservedly, earned the event the
_____(2020-10-09). Systemic Racism At Wells Fargo & Microsoft.strategic-culture.org Rod DREHER | Here's a letter the US Labor Department sent to Wells Fargo recently. (I had to screenshot it in parts, which is why it's broken up here): | The Labor Department sent a similar letter to Microsoft: | There is no chance at all that a Biden administration Labor Department would investigate major corporations for anti-white discrimination. Keep that in mind. Naturally, there has been negative press coverage.
T.J. Coles(2020-10-09). How Boris Johnson Killed Tens of Thousands of Britons: The First Four Months.counterpunch.org Epidemiologists agree that if swift and effective measures are put in place early, COVID-19 infects and kills fewer people. Johnson's response was neither swift nor effective. Having a "particularly extreme form of capitalism," Britain was already disadvantaged when it came to facing a pandemic. By May, 60,000 people in the UK had died: by far
Peoples Dispatch(2020-10-09). Che Guevara and the building of socialist consciousness.peoplesdispatch.orgHelen Yaffe, the author of the book, Che Guevara: The Economics of Revolution,talks about Che's role in building institutions in Cuba following the revolution. She looks at how he grappled with the question of building a new consciousness and changing the way people think. She talks about the innumerable experiments Che and his comrades undertook in the process of developing a model that liberated people from capitalism. | On October 9, 2020, the anniversary of Che Guevara's assassination, nearly 20 publishers across the world are releasing a free e-book with two of Che's iconic works, Socialism and Man in Cuba (…
Green Left(2020-10-09). For an egalitarian, cooperative road to an ecosocialist future.zcomm.orgThe time to stop capitalism from destroying our common future is running out. The need to build this mass movement for change means we urgently need to build ecosocialist organisations and global networks that can unite their impact.
Lawrence Reichard(2020-10-09). Nixon's Ghost Stalks the White House.counterpunch.orgOn Thursday President Trump called Fox Business News and ranted for an hour, during which time he twice called Senator and vice presidential candidate Kamala Harris a monster and four times called her a communist. No one calls anyone a communist anymore. The accusation du jour is socialist, not communist. The accusation of communism has
Stephen Lendman(2020-10-09). US Sanctions: Weapons of War by Other Means on Targeted Nations.globalresearch.caWhen unilaterally imposed by one nation on others, sanctions have no legal validity. | Along with color revolutions, old-fashioned coups, and assassinations, US sanctions are a favored tactic. | When imposed, they're all about seeking to weaken nations economically. | They also aim …
Stephen Lendman(2020-10-09). Removing Trump from Office Attempt 2.0?globalresearch.caIn December 2019, Pelosi-led House Dems showed contempt for the rule of law. | Two articles of impeachment to oust Trump from office were spurious. | Accusing him of abuse of power, they falsely claimed he sought foreign interference from Ukraine in …
Peoples Dispatch(2020-10-09). What does it take to portray Che today?peoplesdispatch.orgVijay Prashad talks to Tings Chak on the iconography of Che Guevara. Tings, who designed the cover of the book 'Che', talks about the process of portraying the revolutionary today…
Editor(2020-10-09). Shocking Link Found Between Air Pollution and Alzheimer's.scheerpost.comsanpani / CC BY-NC-ND 2.0] Environmental Research has published a new study carried out Lilian Calderón-Garcidueña at the University of Montana and a team of international researchers that sheds light on the possible damage dirty air can have on our brains. The researchers found copious amounts of nanoparticles linked to neurodegenerative diseases, such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's… |
Editor(2020-10-09). Surviving the Pandemic In a Broken Country.scheerpost.comThe National Guard / CC BY 2.0] By Frida Berrigan / TomDispatch After all these months and 210,000 deaths, you'd think I'd be used to it all, but I'm not. It doesn't seem even a little normal yet. I'm still full of absences, missing so much I used to take for granted: hugs and handshakes, rooms crowded for funerals and weddings, potluck dinners and house parties. I miss browsing the stacks at the… |
Timothy Alexander Guzman(2020-10-09). Video: "Contact Tracing", A Certified Contact Tracer Exposes the Truth.globalresearch.caOn July 2nd, 2008, former US President Barack Obama spoke to an enthusiastic crowd in Colorado Springs, Colorado about expanding a "civilian national security force" to meet national security goals in areas from education, healthcare to saving the environment. | He …
Fight Back(2020-10-09). Wisconsin: Mass arrests, tear gas, National Guard used against protesters.fightbacknews.orgMilwaukee, WI – Protests in the Milwaukee suburb of Wauwatosa ramped up over the past two nights. On October 7, Milwaukee County District Attorney John Chisholm ruled that although the shooting death of Alvin Cole in February was not justified, Wauwatosa police officer Joseph Mensah would not face charges for the murder. Mensah is also responsible for the murders of Antonio Gonzales and Jay Anderson. Chisholm was the district attorney who filed no charges in each of those cases, as well as six other instances of killer cops in and around Milwaukee. | Immediately after the announcement, protesters took to the stre…
William Hawes and Jason Holland(2020-10-09). Nobody for President: Voting Legitimizes a Fraudulent Democracy.dissidentvoice.orgHere's a bit of food for thought about why you should not, we repeat, should not, vote for anyone in November. Now, unlike the rabid pro-voters, there is no intention on our part to "vote-shame" those that choose to vote. If you really feel that strongly about voting, that's fine and that's your prerogative, have …
Fight Back(2020-10-09). Chicago: Now is the time for real community control of police.fightbacknews.orgChicago, IL – Mayor Lori Lightfoot has made it official: she will not support any form of police reform that takes any power from her office. She declared the "negotiations have broken down" with aldermen who supported a proposal called the Community Commission for Public Safety and Accountability (CCPSA) because they insisted on giving it the power to set policy for the Chicago Police Department. The CCPSA would add a convoluted layer of bureaucracy over the already broken system of 'oversight.' | Desmon Yancy, staff coordinator of the Grassroots Alliance for Police Accountability (GAPA), the author of the CCPSA…
John W. Whitehead(2020-10-09). John Lennon at 80: One Man Against the Deep State "Monster"dissidentvoice.orgYou gotta remember, establishment, it's just a name for evil. The monster doesn't care whether it kills all the students or whether there's a revolution. It's not thinking logically, it's out of control. — John Lennon (1969) John Lennon, born 80 years ago on October 9, 1940, was a musical genius and pop cultural icon. …
Ted Snider(2020-10-09). While No One Was Looking: America, Guyana, and Venezuela.globalresearch.caOn March 2, 2020, the people of Guyana went to the polls. According to the Carter Center, at first things went really well. And then they didn't. At the close of the day, President David Granger had been re-elected. But, …
Steve Watson(2020-10-09). Over 6000 Scientists, Doctors Sign Anti-lockdown Petition.globalresearch.caOver six thousand scientists and doctors have signed a petition against coronavirus lockdown measures, urging that those not in the at risk category should be able to get on with their lives as normal, and that lockdown rules in both …
_____(2020-10-09). Weekly News Review: 3rd — 9th October.truepublica.org.ukEditors Weekly Poke We are now inside the last three months of 2020 and Britain sits on the precipice of an almighty cliff that will forever change the nature and character of our country if bad decisions are made. Unfortunately, these decisions are in the hands of people with a track record of moral bankruptcy, …
Prof. Bill Willers(2020-10-09). Evidence that the Face Mask does not Impede Viral Transmission.globalresearch.caDr. Redfield: | I made it a point to watch you after seeing Wisconsin's Chief Medical Officer and Epidemiologist, Dr. Ryan Westergaard, "Now the science is in. [Because of] recent studies with large numbers …
news.un(2020-10-09). UN World Food Programme wins 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.news.un.orgThe UN World Food Programme (WFP), which provides lifesaving food assistance to millions across the world — often in extremely dangerous and hard-to-access conditions — has been awarded the 2020 Nobel Peace Prize.
_____(2020-10-09). AFRICOM: Deadly Deception.popularresistance.orgOn October 1, 2007, the United States under the presidency of George W. Bush and the military leadership of the Secretary of Defense, Donald Rumsfeld, launched the Africa Command (AFRICOM). The command was based in Stuttgart, Germany. In the same vein as the 1884/85 Berlin Conference, AFRICOM was a wholly external concoction to be imposed on Africans without their input or consent. In fact, when African leaders first heard of the establishment of an African command, they overwhelmingly rejected its intent to expand U.S. military presence on the African continent.
_____(2020-10-09). Protest Over Arrest Of Pregnant Woman Enters Seventh Day.popularresistance.orgA protest in front of City Hall in Kansas City over the arrest of a pregnant Black woman entered its seventh day on Thursday. | Demonstrators have camped out in front of City Hall after videos circulated showing a white Kansas City police officer kneeling on the back of a Black pregnant woman during her arrest last week. | The protesters are demanding Police Chief Richard Smith resign and want the officer involved to be fired. They are also calling for the city to redistribute 50 percent of the department's budget to social services to help the Black community, according to The Associated Press.
_____(2020-10-09). Portland: DA Declines To Prosecute 70% Of Portland Protest Cases.popularresistance.orgPortland police have referred almost 1,000 protest-related cases to the Multnomah District Attorney's Office since late May and prosecutors have declined to file charges in nearly 70 percent of them, according to an online tracking dashboard unveiled Wednesday. | Prosecutors have so far fielded 974 criminal cases against people in the ongoing demonstrations against racial injustice and police use of force. | They have dropped 666 of them without filing charges, data provided by the office shows.
_____(2020-10-09). Solidarity, Direct Action, And Self-Determination: Kasa Invisível.popularresistance.orgThe Zapatistas have said the best solidarity anyone can offer is to start their own social centers, projects, movements, and revolutions wherever they are based. In Belo Horizonte, the capital city of the state of Minas Gerais in southeastern Brazil, a collective called Kasa Invisível (Portuguese for "Invisible House") has heeded that proposal, and hopes to inspire you to do the same. | The three formerly abandoned houses now occupied by this autonomous, anti-capitalist collective serve as a home for people in need, a social and cultural center for the community, and a meeting and organizing space for anti-author…
_____(2020-10-09). Pandemic Could Push Up To 150 Million Into 'Extreme Poverty' By 2021.popularresistance.orgAmid findings that the combined wealth of the planet's billionaires skyrocketed to $10.2 trillion during the coronavirus pandemic, the World Bank warned Wednesday that the public health crisis could cause global extreme poverty to rise for the first time in over two decades and push tens of millions of people into that category by next year. | "Between 88 million and 115 million people could fall back into extreme poverty as a result of the pandemic, with an additional increase of between 23 million and 35 million in 2021, potentially bringing the total number of new people living in extreme poverty to between 11…
_____(2020-10-09). Insulin Copay Caps Fall Short, Fuel Underground Exchanges.popularresistance.orgDenver – D.j. Mattern had her Type 1 diabetes under control until COVID's economic upheaval cost her husband his hotel maintenance job and their health coverage. The 42-year-old Denver woman suddenly faced insulin's exorbitant list price — anywhere from $125 to $450 per vial — just as their household income shrank. | She scrounged extra insulin from friends, and her doctor gave her a couple of samples. But as she rationed her supplies, her blood sugar rose so high her glucose monitor couldn't even register a number. In June, she was hospitalized.
_____(2020-10-09). Google Contractor Moving Work From Pittsburgh To Poland To Bust Union.popularresistance.orgPittsburgh, PA -Today the NLRB charged Google Contractor HCL with moving work from Pittsburgh to Poland, citing that the move was a way to bust the newly formed Pittsburgh Association of Tech Professionals. | The NLRB Region 6, based in Pittsburgh, charged HCL with breaking labor law and refusing to negotiate a bargain in good faith with the Pittsburgh Association of Tech Professionals. Most egregiously, the NLRB charged HCL with moving work to lower-paid tech workers in Krakow, Poland.
Labor Video Project(2020-10-09). Striking AHS SEIU 1021 & CNA Workers Hear Alameda Supervisors Promise To Fire AHS Bosses.indybay.orgHundreds of striking SEIU 1021 & CNA AHS workers rallied at the Alameda County Building to protest the union busting tactics of this group that runs the Alameda public health system. Two County supervisors promised to remove them from running the public healthcare system…
Dan Bacher(2020-10-09). As oil drilling expands, Newsom pledges to 'conserve' 30% of land and coastal waters by 2030.indybay.orgFood & Water Action California State Director Alexandra Nagy criticized Newsom for failing to deliver on climate change while his administration has issued over 2,600 oil and gas drilling permits this year so far. | "Governor Newsom needs to go back to the drawing board and tackle the state's biggest polluters head-on," said Nagy. "We're losing patience with his lack of meaningful action."
Hendrik Stroeck(2020-10-09). More pragmatism in dealing with Corona.indybay.orgPragmatic approaches are needed to find solutions to allow life without breaks. Scientists must make their contribution. It is more important than ever that we are not only stubbornly clinging to concepts, but that we are prepared to break new ground. Also new ways of communication. A Corona traffic light would make both possible as a first step.
Rosita Zakeri, Rebecca Bendayan, Mark Ashworth, Daniel M. Bean, Hiten Dodhia, Stevo Durbaba, Kevin O'Gallagher, Claire Palmer, Vasa Curcin, Elizabeth Aitken, William Bernal, Richard D. Barker, Sam Norton, Martin Gulliford, James T.H. Teo, James Galloway, Richard J.B. Dobson, Ajay M. Shah(2020-10-09). A case-control and cohort study to determine the relationship between ethnic background and severe COVID-19.thelancet.comBlack and Mixed ethnicity are independently associated with greater admission risk with COVID-19 and may be risk factors for development of severe disease, but do not affect in-hospital mortality risk. Comorbidities and socioeconomic factors only partly account for this and additional ethnicity-related factors may play a large role. The impact of COVID-19 may be different in Asians.
_____(2020-10-09). 'I Am White, Therefore a Racist' Declares Liberal Professor, in Latest Proof U.S. Academics Are Fueling Racial Tensions.strategic-culture.orgIn the latest sign that the mind of U.S. academia has been hijacked by the left, a professor from the University of California-Santa Barbara described herself "a white American" who is, therefore "by definition racist." | In a webinar lecture entitled, "Undoing White Supremacy in the Language Disciplines," Mary Bucholtz, Professor and Chair of the Department of Linguistics at the University of California-Santa Barbara, broke the news to America's majority white population that white supremacy "is a system that White people have built in order to oppress everyone else." | "As a White American, I am by definition r…
_____(2020-10-09). Russia's Strategic Intervention in Syria Five Years On — An 'Unpardonable Blow' to U.S. Empire.strategic-culture.orgFive years ago this month, Russia began conducting fateful military operations in Syria at the request of the government in Damascus. It was a momentous "turning point," as More than salvaging Syria from a nearly decade-long war — vitally important though that was — Russia's pivotal intervention also marked the strategic setback for a Western-b…
Staff(2020-10-09). Headlines for October 9, 2020.18.224.45.1513 Charged in Far-Right Terror Plot to Kidnap Michigan Governor & Attack State Capitol, Sickened with COVID-19, Trump Rejects Remote Debate and Plans New Rallies, Trump's Erratic Behavior Sparks Fears over His Physical and Mental Health, House Speaker Pelosi Questions Trump's Fitness as Vice President Pence Returns to D.C., North Dakota Hospitals Fill to Capacity as Coronavirus Cases Surge Nationwide, White House Superspreader Event May Have Exposed Thousands to Coronavirus, Whistleblowing Vaccine Specialist Calls Out Trump's "Reckless and Deadly" Misinformation, Trump Received COVID-19 Drugs Developed Using Huma…
Binoy Kampmark(2020-10-09). Omnibus Collisions: Coronavirus Policing and Overreach in Victoria.dissidentvoice.orgIn her September 17 speech to parliament, the Attorney General of the Australian state of Victoria, Jill Hennessy, explained various provisions of the COVID-19 Omnibus (Emergency Measures) and Other Acts Amendment Bill. Of most interest was the proposal that would dramatically inflate the scope of public health power in ostensibly preventing a spread of COVID-19. …
Eliza Egret(2020-10-09). 'This is not just about a railway': meet the women at the forefront of the battle to save Jones Hill Wood.thecanary.coAfter nine days of amazing resistance by activists, the battle to save Jones Hill Wood is entering its final phase, with nine people arrested on Thursday 8 October. Jones Hill is an ancient woodland which will be destroyed imminently to make way for the HS2 high speed railway, Activists have spent most of this year making a home in the special woodland, building and sleeping in…
The federal government has just set its eighth execution for 2020. U.S. Attorney General William Barr directed the Federal Bureau of Prisons to schedule the execution of Orlando Cordia Hall for Nov. 19 in Tennessee. If carried out, this would place federal executions ahead of those by the states for . . . | 
Iran's rial hits new low against dollar as economy stumbles | Latest US-imposed sanctions on Iran's financial sector are another blow to the country's economy | Sat, 10/10/2020 – 11: 46 | Iranians gather inside the capital Tehran's Grand Bazaar in March 2020, as the Covid pandemic was starting to make an impact on the country (AFP) | The Iranian currency hit a new low against the US dollar…
Ashley Bohrer has provided this important piece of scholarship with her new book, Marxism and Intersectionality: Race, Gender, Class and Sexuality under Contemporary Capitalism.
In the mid-2010s, China launched far-reaching de-radicalization and economic development programs in Xinjiang Uyghur Autonomous Region.
Newly-filed financial disclosures show House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and her husband have invested up to $1 million in CrowdStrike, American cybersecurity technology company and the originator of 'Russian hacking' claims. | Financial disclosures New from me: Financial disclosure forms show that Nancy and P…
Nearly a half-million residents in Texas and Louisiana have been left without power after Hurricane Delta made landfall along the US gulf coast, battering cities with winds up to 80 miles per hour. | Delta hit land in southwest Louisiana on Friday night, inflicting widespread damage and knocking out electricity for some 379,636 people in the state and another 108,402 in neighboring Texas, Footage circulating on social media showed powerful gust…
The establishment revolving door is turning again. This time it's former BBC and ITV journalist Allegra Stratton who is benefitting. Stratton, as has been Stratton's appointment as press secretary to arguably the most right-wing government in my lifetime (I'm a child of Thatcher, by the way) captures some bleak truths about Britain today. Not least is Stratton's demonstrable contempt for working-class people. Although that does make her an ideal fit for her job as a Tory spokesperson.
